School Managements in Rajasthan meet Governor over tuition fees order
Several schools, including CBSE, Rajasthan Board of Secondary (RBSE) and missionary schools are on indefinite strike from November 5, as they lack funds to pay salaries to their staff and face closure.
A delegation of private school managements met the Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra over the collection of tuition fees during the coronavirus lockdown, which they have claimed to have led to a severe financial crisis. Several schools, including CBSE, Rajasthan Board of Secondary (RBSE) and missionary schools are on indefinite strike from November 5, as they lack funds to pay salaries to their staff and face closure.
Schools across the state have not yet reopened after they were closed due to coronavirus but many of them are holding online classes to avoid any academic loss of the students." A delegation of the private school management today has the Governor to apprise about the situation. Due to the financial crisis, several schools have closed stopped even online classes," said Sandeep Bakshi, a member of Forum of Private Schools in Rajasthan.
Earlier, the forum had requested Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to help them in these tough times. School owners have requested the authorities to abide by the Rajasthan High Court order of September 9. A single bench of the high court had issued direction to the schools to collect 70 per cent of tuition fees. Yet, this order was later stayed in October by a division bench of the high court.
Recently, the state government had issued orders that CBSE and the RBSE schools should reduce the tuition fees by 30-40 per cent in accordance with the reduced syllabus. According to the forum, they want clarity on the part of the state government in the orders and said it is affecting 50,000 schools and 11 lakh employees.
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